The story of an artist, film director, divorced, who seeks, in a new woman, to rebuild a meaning for his life and work. A muse that inspires a new film at the same time that fills the obvious gap in his life.
Antonioni thus mixes reality and fiction in the protagonist's journey, in a challenge equally launched to the viewer, who slowly separates the waters between the work and its creative process.
It is an intelligent film in which the master returns to his favorite theme, the relationship between man and woman, although it is hardly comparable, in form and content, to the classics that elevated him to the status of star of the new Italian wave.
Antonioni thus mixes reality and fiction in the protagonist's journey, in a challenge equally launched to the viewer, who slowly separates the waters between the work and its creative process.
It is an intelligent film in which the master returns to his favorite theme, the relationship between man and woman, although it is hardly comparable, in form and content, to the classics that elevated him to the status of star of the new Italian wave.